Gymnopilus luteoviridis

Gymnopilus luteoviridis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hymenogastraceae
Genus: Gymnopilus
Species:
G. luteoviridis
Binomial name
Gymnopilus luteoviridis
Thiers (1959)
Gymnopilus luteoviridis
Mycological characteristics
Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex
Hymenium is adnexed or adnate
Stipe has a ring
Spore print is yellow-orange
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is psychoactive

Gymnopilus luteoviridis is a widely distributed mushroom-forming fungus of the Eastern United States that contains the hallucinogens psilocybin and psilocin.

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